At 57 years old, Magaji Dansale, found himself in police
custody for no other reason than allegation of raping his
seven-month-old step-daughter.
But when he was brought before journalists by the Katsina
State Police Command on Friday, the reason he gave for raping the
toddler was shocking.
Dansale said he violated the baby girl because of his desperation to become rich in life.
The petty trader told journalists at the police headquarters
in Katsina where he and some other suspects were paraded, that he had
several dreams in which he became rich once he had sexual intercourse
with a toddler.
The father of six said in Hausa, “I had sexual intercourse
with the baby girl because I saw it in several dreams I had that it was
the way for me to become successful in life. I dreamt that all my
suffering in life would end. This is why I did it.
“I truly believed that if I had sexual intercourse with her,
all my predicaments would vanish. I would not have to run around to
make ends meet anymore.”
Dansale said he married the mother of the baby girl following the death of his first wife who had six children for him.
He however kept mum when asked whether he was remorseful for his action.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Usman Abdullahi, said Dansale would be charged to court soon.
The child is still on admission at the Turai Umar Yar’Aadua
Maternity and Children Hospital, Katsina, where she is receiving
treatment.
She was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after a referral
from General Hospital, Malumfashi, where doctors confirmed that she had
suffered critical injury due to the rape.
The victim’s biological father, Ibrahim Nuhu, told
journalists at the premises of the hospital in Katsina on Thursday that
he had separated from the victim’s mother before she married Dansale. He
explained that the incident occurred at Dangaski village in the Musawa
Local Government Area of the state.
Ibrahim who also spoke in Hausa, said sometime last week,
the baby’s mother approached him, complaining that the baby had pile
which made her to bleed heavily through her private part and anus.
He said he then took the child to the General Hospital,
Malumfashi where the doctors there insisted that the police must be
involved as it was a rape case which had severely injured her and not
piles as claimed by the mother.
The baby was consequently referred to the Turai Umar
Yar’Adua Maternity and Children Hospital, Katsina, for further treatment
while the police were called in.
The baby’s mother told journalists on Thursday, that
sometime last week, she woke up from an unusual long sleep to find
traces of blood and liquid in the baby’s private parts.
According to her, she assumed that the baby had piles. She
added that the following day she made the observation, the suspect gave
her some clothes to wash, among which was a trousers stained with blood
and semen.
Dansale was subsequently arrested in connection with the incident.
